Residential Tenancies and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003 (Qld)

Queensland

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2003

Queensland

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2003

TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title... eee ene 8 2 Commencement. ..... 6... eee 8 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT Act amended in pt 2 and schedule............... 0000s cee eee e eee 8 4 Omission of s 3B (Conciliator).... 2... eee eee eee eee eee 8 5 Insertion of new ss 14A and 14B .. 0.6... eee ee 8

14A Provision stating that lessor or lessor's agent must do something. . . 8

14B_ Lessor's agent .. 2.0... 9 6 Amendment of s 27 (Approved supported accommodation) ............ 9 7 Replacement of s 40 (Giving and signing written agreement) ........... 10

40 Giving and signing written agreement.................-0.00005 10 8 Amendment of s 43 (Information statement) ..................00000. 10 9 Amendment of s 53 (Rent increases) ....... 0.00. 11 10 Replacement of s 58 (Meaning of "rental bond contributor")............ 11

58 Contributor for a rental bond... ......... 00000 e eee eee eee 11

58A Share ofarental bond ............ 006. e eee 12 11 Insertion of new ch 2, pt 3, div 2, sdiv 1 hdg .................000002. 12 12 Amendment of s 65 (Application for payment) ..................000% 12 13 Replacement of ss 66-69. 0.0.0... ccc eect eee tenes 13

Subdivision 2—Payment of bond if only I contributor

66 Application of sdiv 2.0.0.2... 6.0 ccc eee eee 13

67 Joint application by lessor and contributor ................... 13 Residential Tenancies and Other Legislation

Amendment Bill 2003 68 Application by lessor... 2... 0.6... e cece eee eee 13 69 Application by contributor. ... 0.6... 6.00 cee eee eee eee 13 Subdivision 3—Payment of bond if more than I contributor 69A Application of sdiV3 ...... 6... eee eee 14 69B Joint application by lessor and every contributor ............... 14 69C Joint application by lessor and some contributors............... 14 69D Application by lessor. ........ 2... eects 14 69E Application by every contributor. ............ 00. e eee eee eee 15 69F Application by some contributors ............... eee eee eee 15 Subdivision 4—Other matters about payment 69G Payment for which notice must be given...............--20005 16 14 Amendment of s 72 (Payment to rental bond supplier)................. 18 15 Amendment of s 73 (Limitation affecting payment)................... 18 16 Replacement of s 74 (Discontinuance of application for payment) ....... 19 74 Withdrawal of application ... 0.2.0.0... cece cece eee 19 17 Amendment of s 80 (Rental bond account)..................00000008 19 18 Insertion of news 80A ... 6.6.6 19 80A Unclaimed amounts in rental bond account................... 19 19 Amendment of s 106 (Tenant's obligations generally) ................. 20 20 Replacement of s 120 (Supply of locks and keys) ................-05% 20 120 Supply of locks and keys....... 0... 6 ccc eee eee eee eee eee 20 21 Amendment of s 136 (Park liaison committee).................00000. 21 22 Amendment of s 219 (Way of recovering possession of premises) ....... 21 23 Amendment of s 231 (Meaning of "urgent application") ............... 22 24 Amendment of s 232C (Functions of conciliators)................00. 22 25 Amendment of s 245 (Conciliators to maintain secrecy) ............... 23 26 Amendment of s 246 (Ordinary protection and immunity allowed)....... 23 27 Insertion of new ch 7A... 6... e eee teen eee 23 CHAPTER 7A—TENANCY DATABASES 284A Definitions for ch 7A... 2... 66. c eee eee eee 23 284B Non-application to internal databases ...............000000005 24 284C Restriction on listing ........... 6. cece eect eee ee 24